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Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Franklin County Animal Shelter, 351 T. Kemp Rd. Louisburg, NC 27549 or to The Gideons International Processing Center, P.O. Box 97251, Washington, DC 20090-7251.

The family will receive friends 6-7:30 p.m. Sunday at Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.